LIBYA CRISIS

Presented by:
Divya M
Doel Mukherjee
Gautam Jain
 LIBYA HISTORY
• Prior to WWII Libya was an Italian colony
• After WWII it came under English &
French control as a UN trusteeship in
1947
• On 21 Nov 1949, UN General Assembly
passed a resolution that Libya should
become independent.
• Libya got independence on 24 Dec 1951.
• 25 April 1963, federal system of
government was abolished & kingship
was established.
 MUAMMAR MAHUMMAD GADDAFI

• Leader of Libya since 1969.

• Born on 7th June 1942.
• Longest serving of all current
non royal national leaders.
• On 1/9/1969, in a coupe over
threw the kingship and
proclaimed the LIBYAN ARAB
REPUBLIC.
Libyan citizens were
prevented from exercising
their right to publish
private newspapers.
Muammar Gaddafi has
spread his wealth,
estimated to run into
hundreds of billions of
dollars across at least 35
nations on four continents,
as Western bankers
attempt to unravel his
financial tentacles.
 CAUSES OF UPRISING
Political conversations with foreigners is a
crime punishable by 3 yrs of prison.

Ban on learning foreign languages.

Use of national resources & wealth to

provide safe haven to anti western radicals.
Libyans were prevented from writing and
expressing their opinions which may not agree
with the views of the then existing political
regimes.

Breakdown of diplomatic relations with

other nations.

Murder of the government's political

opposition.
 TIMELINE OF UPRISING
• The arrest of human rights
activist Fathi Terbil 15th
Feburary
• 22nd feb, Gaddafi started
hiring African mercenaries to
put down the uprising.
• 1st March, Australian defence
minister made a statement
that it would exercise
military options.
17th March, Gaddafi warned that any
foreign intervention would invite
retaliation.
 IMPACT OF LIBYA CRISIS
Oil is set to touch more than 100 $ per barrel
in international market.

Libya has fallen in the category of failed

states.

The revolution has spread into neighbouring

Islamic states Chad, Saudi Arabia.
Indirectly increase the
rate of inflation for south
Asian countries.

Rise in the prices of both

gold and silver.
THANK YOU...